Gaza border communities

From the Nova site to blooming fields: First Race of Hope to launch in Gaza border region

Race of Hope 2026 will take place on October 16 through Gaza border memorial sites, kibbutzim, and fields, with races, local produce, and performances.

Race of Hope – Sponsored by Israel Marathon.
Rimon Buchshtab-Kirscht speaks to a Hamas terrorist as she is being released to the Red Cross in Gaza, November 28, 2023.

'If you need to stab a terrorist, you do': What we can learn from a former hostage - editorial

Rats caught in a trap

Rodent infestation rises in Gaza border communities, hundreds of traps set out

The Israeli army near the border fence with Gaza, southern Israel. February 09, 2026.

IDF declares closed military zone ahead of Nahala group's march to Gaza with Smotrich, Ben-Gvir


'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta

Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

Nahal Oz petitions High Court against gov't decision to repopulate Gaza border communities

The June decision came following military estimates that “there is no immediate security threat” to civilians living so close to the Gaza Strip.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023.

Netanyahu: Cabinet to issue IDF new directives to achieve Gaza war goals

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also announced new plans to renovate Israel's southern Hamas-struck communities.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

Kibbutz Nir Oz launches first housing project since October 7 massacre

The new development is the first to be built in the kibbutz since the October 7 attacks. It will house residents who have chosen to return despite the kibbutz not yet being fully rehabilitated.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Has the war become unjust? - opinion

It is a very painful concept to consider. After all, there was no war on October 6. We did not invade Gaza to start this war, and we had no plans to do so.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, July 17, 2025.

IDF reinforcements prevented 'more severe disaster' on Kibbutz Sufa, Oct. 7 probe finds

Civilians and security forces who fought in the kibbutz showed great bravery, including risking their lives, the probe noted.

IDF soldiers drive near Sufa; illustrative.

Finally seeing the site of the October 7 massacre with my own eyes - opinion

In the early months after October 7, 2023, the idea of going felt almost ghoulish – voyeuristic even. Who was I to tread on such sacred ground, soil soaked with blood and tears?

 VISITORS TO the site of the Nova massacre use music to memorialize those murdered. ‘I walked through the fields and tried to imagine the music, the laughter, the dancing feet, but all I could hear in my mind were the gunshots,’ says the writer.

IDF builds secret northern Gaza outpost that will stop future Hamas invasions

The Jerusalem Post visited a new, secluded IDF outpost dubbed "Israela," built to prevent any future potential invasion from the Gaza Strip.

Jerusalem Post military correspondent Yonah Jeremy Bob visits IDF base in the northern Gaza Strip; illustrative.

'A miracle it ended with only minor wounds': IDF soldier wounded by accidental fire from Gaza

A bullet fired from the Gaza Strip lightly wounded an IDF soldier near the Sha’ar Hanegev Junction on Sunday.

 Damage to vehicle from stray fire from Gaza

Israeli educators relocate to North and South to rebuild education system

The Homeward Initiative is recruiting teachers, counselors, and informal educators to strengthen schools and youth programs in the Gaza border communities and the Galilee.

One of the Social Education Conferences as part of the Homeward Initiative. More than 300 educators have so far relocated to help restart Israel's education system in the South and North.